An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.
The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.